swimming

²When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not cover you. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not scorch you.

¹¹And he will extend his hands under him, like a swimmer extending his hands to swim. And he will bring down his glory with a clap of his hands.

⁷Therefore, the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” Simon Peter, when he had heard that it was the Lord, wrapped his tunic around himself, (for he was naked) and he cast himself into the sea.

⁹the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, which pass through the paths of the sea.

²He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment.

¹In the first year of Belshazzar, king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and a vision in his head on his bed. And, writing down the dream, he understood it in a concise manner, and so, summarizing it tersely, he said: ²I saw in my vision at night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens fought upon the great sea. ³And four great beasts, different from one another, ascended from the sea. ⁴The first was like a lioness and had the wings of an eagle. I watched as its wings were plucked off, and it was raised from the earth and stood on its feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it. ⁵And behold, another beast, like a bear, stood to one side, and there were three rows in its mouth and in its teeth, and they spoke to it in this way: “Arise, devour much flesh.” ⁶After this, I watched, and behold, another like a leopard, and it had wings like a bird, four upon it, and four heads were on the beast, and power was given to it.

¹⁶Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were revealed, by your rebuke, O Lord, by the inspiration of the Spirit of your wrath.

¹Then it was decided to send him by ship to Italy, and that Paul, with the others in custody, should be delivered to a centurion named Julius, of the cohort of Augusta. ²After climbing aboard a ship from Adramyttium, we set sail and began to navigate along the ports of Asia, with Aristarchus, the Macedonian from Thessalonica, joining us. ³And on the following day, we arrived at Sidon. And Julius, treating Paul humanely, permitted him to go to his friends and to look after himself. ⁴And when we had set sail from there, we navigated below Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. ⁵And navigating though the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we arrived at Lystra, which is in Lycia. ⁶And there the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing to Italy, and he transferred us to it.

²Take a millstone and grind meal. Uncover your shame, bare your shoulder, reveal your legs, cross the streams.

¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

⁵And he measured one thousand, and he led me forward, through the water, up to the waist. And he measured one thousand, into a torrent, through which I was not able to pass. For the waters had risen to become a profound torrent, which was not able to be crossed.